ROD STEWART Lp Gasoline Alley RARE TEST Pressing MINT

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One of the Rarest auctions of Rod Stewart vinyl you may come across
This is the Absolute Original & Mega Rare Test Pressing
ROD STEWART
“GASOLINE ALLEY”
AUTHENTIC, NOT A BOOTLEG OR REPRODUCTION
Mercury SR 61264

I am even including a high resolution scanned copy of the Original Paperwork that accompanied this Rare Test Pressing. (Please see below).

This Original TEST PRESSING Vinyl Record is in NEAR MINT to MINT condition!!
(It looks unplayed but most likely was played by Rod Stewart himself or the album Producer as Test Pressings were often sent to the Producer and/or Featured Artist for statements of approval or rejection.)

Here you will find Audiophile Sound Fidelity.
This amazing Pressing also comes in the absolute Original Mercury Plain White Generic Test Press Cover.

Here listed below in red are the Matrix Numbers embedded in the Trail-Off area (Dead Wax) of the disc to verify Ultimate Authenticity

side ONE: "SR-61264-A-CT10 MS 1 T G.K. "
side TWO: "SR 61264-B-CT9-MS-1T G.K."

Please also note the initials G.K. standing for Gilbert Kong Master Mercury sound engineer for several decades!!

ALL RECORDS WERE VISUALLY TESTED UNLESS SPECIFIED

Most Record Collectors consider this Pressing the absolute "Holy Grail" of Vinyl due to the Sonic Excellence (DEPTH AND DETAIL) of this record.

Please Enjoy this piece of Classic Rock history & the amazing talent of Rod Stewart. (see special notes in blue below for your enjoyment).

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Gasoline Alley follows the same formula of Rod Stewart's first album, intercutting contemporary covers with slightly older rock & roll and folk classics and originals written in the same vein. The difference is in execution. Stewart sounds more confident, claiming Elton John's "Country Comfort," the Small Faces' "My Way of Giving," and the Rolling Stones' version of "It's All Over Now" with a ragged, laddish charm. Like its predecessor, nearly all of Gasoline Alley is played on acoustic instruments — Stewart treats rock & roll songs like folk songs, reinterpreting them in individual, unpredictable ways. For instance, "It's All Over Now" becomes a shambling, loose-limbed ramble instead of a tight R&B/blues groove, and "Cut Across Shorty" is based around a howling, Mideastern violin instead of a rockabilly riff. Of course, being a rocker at heart, Stewart doesn't let these songs become limp acoustic numbers — these rock harder than any fuzz-guitar workout. The drums crash and bang, the acoustic guitars are pounded with a vengeance — it's a wild, careening sound that is positively joyous with its abandon. And on the slow songs, Stewart is nuanced and affecting — his interpretation of Bob Dylan's "Only a Hobo" is one of the finest Dylan covers, while the original title track is a vivid, loving tribute to his adolescence. And that spirit is carried throughout Gasoline Alley. It's an album that celebrates tradition while moving it into the present and never once does it disown the past.